RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Learning And Playing Are Inseparable In Early Childhood

It has been wonderful to hear from so many people who read the article by John Elder in the Sunday Age, entitled “Little people thinking big”, and to have people recognise the outstanding program Preshil offers our youngest children. Rebecca Lewis and Oriana Ramunno have devoted themselves to very rigorous research with Monash University and planning to implement an approach, which looks like a playful game, and is a lot of fun for our children, but is carefully designed to achieve high level teaching of concepts and complex ideas. "  More here...

Critically Important

Margaret JR Lyttle, the founder of our wonderful school, understood the importance of engendering an 

understanding of contemporary issues and the importance of critical thinking skills. While the world has changed in many ways since the above statement was made, Preshil has always concerned itself with developing awareness and understanding of the key issues of the times and responding to them in concerned, imaginative and critical ways. More here ...

A “Backyard” For Our Children

As Melbourne suburbs accommodate ever more town houses and apartments in higher density living, expansive backyards are increasingly receding into the past. Children are rarely free to roam and explore the areas around their homes in ways that older generations remember. The role of play has diminished and so many children’s lives are now as densely organised as the areas we live in. More here...